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  • DSUST students hail Oborevwori for approving N713m bursary for students

    DSUST students hail Oborevwori for approving N713m bursary for students

    Students of the Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro have commended Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for approving the Year 2024 Bursary Award to Students of Delta State origin in all higher institutions.

    The commendation was contained in a statement issued on behalf of the students by the Students Union President, Comrade Oghenetega Caleb Akpokona on Thursday.

    Akpokona noted that the bursary will go a long way in ameliorating the pains students faced under the harsh economic reality of the country.

    According to the Students’ Leader, “It is a good news that our amiable Governor has granted our bursary. This shows how much he feels the pains of the students.

    “No doubt, this gesture will caution the harsh effects the prevailing economic situation has on students. We are excited and we commend him.

    “The students are feeling his MORE Agenda already and we hope for more. We also urge the Governor to sustain the new minimum wage he has commenced so that our lecturers can continue the great work they are doing.

    “We as students want to reiterate that we will continue to be good ambassadors of the state.” Akpokona added.
    According to Dr. Godfrey Enita, Executive Secretary, Delta State Bursary and Scholarship Board, the bursary award will be paid only to qualified students who applied for the 2024 bursary award.

    Enita said that a total of 32,028 Students are expected to benefit from the 2024 bursary award.

  • VC Oboreh visits Orerokpe, okays location for DSUST campus

    VC Oboreh visits Orerokpe, okays location for DSUST campus

    Vice-Chancellor of Delta State University of Science and Technology (DSUST), Ozoro, Professor Jacob Oboreh and his management team on Monday visited Orerokpe and expressed satisfaction over the choice of location for the campus of the university.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Professor Oboreh’s first point of call was at the Palace of the Orodje of Okpe kingdom, HRM Maj. Gen. Felix Mujakperuo, (Retd) CFR, Orhue I, where he was received by the Unu-Okpe, traditional prime minister of Okpe Kingdom, Okakuro Michael Affe and the Council of Chiefs.

    Recall the Delta State Government has set in motion efforts to relocate the Faculty of Management Sciences to the new campus in Orerokpe.

    In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor informed the Palace that he was at the Palace to visit the Orodje of Okpe kingdom as the Landlord of the campus, adding that it will be wrong for him to go straight to the campus site without visiting the Palace.

    The Vice-Chancellor was welcomed by the Palace and prayed for the success of the University, Governor Oborevwori and Deltans at large. The Vice-Chancellor and his management team were later led to the new campus site by the Council of Chiefs.

    Expressing satisfaction with the choice of location of the campus, Professor Oboreh said, “the location of the campus is very good, having seen what is on ground, I am in a better position to write to His Exellency on the needs of the Campus.

    “I want to assure you that His Exellency, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori does listen to me. He has assured me of speedy development of the main campus at Ozoro and the Orerokpe campus of the University.

    “As a proposed Technical College, some of the buildings will be restructured and more built to suite the University system.

    “The new campus will require Library, Health Centre, Lecture Halls, among others and we are grateful and optimistic because the Governor has promised to develop the Ozoro and Orerokpe campuses speedily.”

    When asked if the relocation of the Faculty of Management Science to Orerokpe will not shrink the university as argued by some persons, the Vice-Chancellor said: “the relocation will not affect the University in any way because there are other programmes in the area of engineering, information technology  and communication which will be established without further delay to take over the environment the faculty of management science occupied today at Ozoro. There is no problem at all.

    The Vice-Chancellor was accompanied by the University Registrar, Mrs Stella Muoboghare; Bursar, Mr Sylvester Okoh; University Librarian Dr Ogochukwu Emiri; Dean Faculty of Computing Prof. Wilson Nwankwo and his Environmental Sciences counterpart Prof. Festus Adewale.

  • Gov Oborevwori prepared to fund Ozoro varsity maximally – VC

    Gov Oborevwori prepared to fund Ozoro varsity maximally – VC

    Professor Jacob Oboreh has expressed optimism over the readiness of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to fund the Delta State University of Science and Technology (DSUST), Ozoro maximally.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Professor Oboreh to have said DSUST is the creation of Governor Oborevwori and that the Governor is ever prepared to fund the university maximally to meet the requirements of the time.

    Oboreh, who is the Vice Chancellor of DSUST, said this on Friday when the university matriculated 2,450 newly admitted students who sought admission into the institution for the current academic session.

    Speaking during the ceremony held at the University’s events and convocation arena in Ozoro, Professor Oboreh, while congratulating the new intakes, charged them to be worthy ambassadors of their parents, adding that university degree is conferred on students who are found worthy in learning and in character

    He expressed optimism that the students will imbibe the virtues of discipline and diligence that will distinguish them as worthy undergraduates of DSUST.

    He warned that the institution would not condone any form of nefarious activities and urged the students to obey the University’s rules and regulations in and out of campus.

    The Vice Chancellor reminded the new students that they were in school to study and must take their education seriously, adding, “I urge you to continue to apply your mind diligently to your studies and make self-discipline your watch word.

    “You should focus on the reasons why you have come to the University and therefore shun all acts of misconduct which have been clearly stated in the Students’ Information Handbook, such as examination malpractice, cultism, sexual harassment, ‘blocking’ or ‘sorting’ and leakage of examination materials.”

    The Vice Chancellor extolled Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his outstanding contributions to the establishment of the university during his tenure as Speaker of the State House of Assembly and now Governor and visitor to the nascent University.

    “The incumbent Governor of the state, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori was Mr. Speaker, who presided over the Delta State House of Assembly that passed the bill establishing the Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, and two other universities in 2021. The University therefore is the creation of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori  and the Governor is ever prepared to fund the university maximally to meet the requirements of our time” The Vice Chancellor added.

    “In his one hundred days in office, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Thursday, 14th September, 2023, commissioned what could be described as legacy projects in the history of the new Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro.

    “The projects were: New Administrative Building; 2 Kilometre internal Road; Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge; University Guest House; Staff School Building and Principal Officers’ Residential Quarters.

    “The Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, has identified Governor Oborevwori’s MORE agenda as a holistic roadmap for the advancement of Delta State.”

    Prof. Oboreh said the vision of the University is to challenge the status quo in technology and produce bright minds, prepared for the generation of technological innovations, while the Mission is to nurture, groom and set the pace in the lives of our students in forging their desired career paths.

    “Our focus, therefore, is to provide excellent hands-on skills training of students and improve our capacity to create ground breaking research directed towards solving the socio-economic developmental problems of our society, Nigeria, and the world at large.”

    He said the University currently has six (6) faculties, namely: Administration and Management; Agriculture; Computing; Engineering; Environmental Science and Science.

    “I am also pleased to inform you that the University has forty-five (45) departments with forty-five (45) programmes duly approved by the National Universities Commission of Nigeria (NUC)

    “Let me assure our dear students that the university shall continue to place premium on the conducive environment needed to undertake teaching and research activities.

    “Qualified lecturers have been recruited in all the 45 programmes approved by NUC for the University. It might interest you to know that the Delta State Government has also procured several equipment for workshops and laboratories of the university.

    “The University, therefore, is set to compete favourably with other universities in terms of teaching, research and development especially with the rapid infrastructural development that is on-going in the University, including the on-going construction of 3 gigantic faculty complexes of the University.”